Counterbore



JOHN C. GLENZER, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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coum'nnnonn Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd Feb, 21 1922.

Application filed May 16, 1918. Serial No. 284,858.

. bores, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a counterbore, and has special reference to certain structural improvements by which the counterbore is rendered more eflicient, especiallyfrom a manufacturing stand point.

One of the objects of my invention isto furnish a cutter with a detachable center pin bushing which can be easily and quickly removed should a center pin become broken therein or stuck thereby obviating the necessity of discarding a cutter body or re-boring the same, should the center pin be broken therein.

Another object of my invention is to provide a cutter with interexchangeable cutter heads or bits that will permit of a single cutter body being used in connection with cutters of various sizes and shapes. Simple and effective means is employed for establish- I ing a driving relation between the cutter body and its head or bit without subjecting the center pin or the pilot of the tool to excessive strains or stresses, thereby obtaining a driving relation between separatable parts as though the parts were integral.

A further object of my invention is to provide an interexchangeable counter-boring tool wherein the cutting element has teeth or cutting edges of novel contour or design permitting of the teeth or cutting edges being reshaped, ground down or sharpened before the detachable cutting element is rendered useless.

The above and other objects are attained by a tool wherein the arts are constructed with the view of reducing the cost of manufacture, and at'the same time retain necessary features by which safety, durability and ease of assembling are secured. With such ends in View, my invention resides in the novel construction to be herein after considered and then' followed.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the tool,

partly in elevation,

Fig. 3 is a view of the outer end of the cutter head or hit,

F 4 is a view of the inner end thereof Fig. 5 is a view of the outer end of the cutter body with the removable bushing in place.

gig. 6 is a View of the inner end of a pilot, an

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a center pin.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1.

denotes a tool body having a shank or spindle 2 at the inner end thereof terminatingin a tang 3. The tool body 1 has a cylindrical bore 4.- with the outer end thereof open and the inner end thereof communicating with a pin. socket 5. The bore 4 is adapted to receive a bushing 6, which has a radially disposed opening 7 intermediate its ends to receive a screw 8 adjustable in an opening 9 in the tool body 1, said screw having a socket 10 to receive a wrench or suitable instrument adapted for rotating the screw. The screw defines the position of the bushing 6 relative to the tool body which is with the end of a bushing protruding from the open end of a socket 4, thereby removing thescrew from the'bushing without necessarily removing it. from the tool body. The bushing may be re-- moved should the same be rendered useless.

The outer end of the tool body 1 is provided with diametrically opposed tongues 11 adapted to fit -in grooves 12 provided therefore in the inner end of a cutter head, counter bore or bit 13. The inner end of the cutter head also has an annular recess 14 to receive the outer end of the'bushing 6, thus permitting of the cutter head being inter-locked with the tool body for rotative continuity.

The cutter head has a central longitudinal opening 15 and the periphery and outer end thereof are cut away to provide cutter teeth for cutting edges. Considering the same as teeth, each tooth 16 has approximately a straight longitudinal trimming edge 17 a radially disposed end cuttin edge 18, an end beveled face 19 and a s ightly curved clearance edge 20, the latter cooperating with the trimming edge in providing a flute or groove which afl'ords clearance for chips,

wide base for the same and permits of the of the cutterhead in to the bushing 6 and has a beveled face engaged by the inner end of a screw 8 by which the cutter pin is maintained in the bushing; the bevel or inclination of the face 25 being such that when the screw 8 is tightened it draws the center pin 23 inwardly, forces the pilot 21 v against the outer end of the cutter head and establishes a positive driving relation between the cutter head and tool body.

It is now apparent that various sizes and shapes of cutter heads may be installed by simply removing the center pin and pilot and should the center pin be broken, it does not mean throwing away the tool body or reboring the same, as the bushing with its broken pilot pin can be removed and a new bushing substituted therefor. It is also possible to use bushings of various lengths neoasae and thus accommodate difierent types of cutter heads while the center pin will Serve in connection with any cutter head.

Une embodiment of my invention has been illustrated but it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such variation and modifications as tall with the scope of the appended claim.

What ll claim is In a counterbore that has a body, a'cutter having its inner end interlocked with the outer end of said body for rotation therewith, and a slidable headed center pin extending through said cutter into said body and held therein so as to maintain said body and cutter assembled :a sleeve pilot loose on said pin against the head thereof and spaced from said body by the length of said cutter, said cutter having teeth throughout the length thereof and teeth on its outer end, and said pilot having its inner end notched to engage the end teeth of said cutter andv brace said teeth relative to one another. In testimony whereof ll afix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANNA M. Donn, Kenn H. BUTLER. 

